PLEDGE AS A WAY OF SECURING OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LAWS OF RUSSIA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The authors consider the pledge as a legal institution of civil law. Analyzes the provisions of the legis- lation of the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic regarding the value of the pledge right, the subject of the pledge, the subject composition and form of the pledge agreement, as well as the termination of its validity. The provisions of the fundamental foreign legal systems, in particular Germany and France, are compared. The authors put forward proposals related to the introduction of new and changes to the current provisions of the leg- islation on the oral form of a pledge agreement, a pledge debtor as a subject of pledged legal relations, antihrez and a pledge of accessories